NameCharles Edward "Buster" HUGHES 
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Birth Date12 May 1920
Birth PlaceKansas City, Jackson County, Missouri
Death Date12 Mar 2005 Age: 84
Death PlaceKansas City, Jackson County, Missouri
Burial PlaceKansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, Forrest Hill Cemetery
OccupationWWII Soldier, Battle Of Normany, Wounded In France
Spouses
Birth Date6 Oct 1926
Birth PlaceGrogan, Texas County, Missouri
Death Date9 Jan 2020 Age: 93
Death PlaceLee's Summit, Jackson County, Missouri
Burial PlaceKansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, Forrest Hill Cemetery
Family ID2835
Marr Date29 Dec 1945
Marr PlaceElk Creek, Texas County, Missouri
Notes for Charles Edward "Buster" HUGHES
!1. Notes from Hazel HILL.
2. Ltrs. from Lorene HUGHES.
3. Ltr. from brother Arthur HUGHES (1991).
Retired from General Motors. Served in US Army 2 Dec 1941-8 Dec 1945.
Discharge rank of TEC-5. Was wounded when serving in France during WWII.
Awarded 2 Bronze serv. stats for Battle of Normandy.
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Charles Edward "Bus" Hughes, 84, son of David and Margie Belle Brewer Hughes, was born May 12, 1920, in Kansas City. He died March 12, 2005, at Research Medical Center in Kansas City.
Mr. Hughes was a deacon emeritus of the First Baptist Church of Raytown, where he served as a Sunday School teacher, usher/greeter, worked annually on the construction of the Christmas pageant and did weekly hospital visitation.
He was a lifetime member of the board of governors of the Baptist Medical Center of Kansas City and was an active member of the Independence Patriots chapter of the American Revolution.
Before retiring, he was a 31-year employee of General Motors. He served with the U.S. Army in the European Theatre during World War II.
He was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers and a granddaughter.
Surviving are his wife, Margaret Lorene Grogan Hughes; two sons, Edward Ray Hughes of Phoenix, Ariz., and Ronald Dean Hughes of Lee's Summit; one daughter, Linda Kay Waide of Jacksonville, Fla.; two sisters, Margaret Virginia Dennis of Kansas City and Doris Marie Kellerman of Houston; grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Services were March 16 at the First Baptist Church of Raytown with the Rev. Paul Brooks and the Rev. Charles Funderburk officiating. Burial was in the Forrest Hill Cemetery at Kansas City under the direction of Floral Hills Chapel of Raytown.
On Find A Grave.
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Notes for Margaret Lorene (Spouse 1)
!1. Notes from Hazel HILL.
2. Ltrs. from Lorene HUGHES.
3. Ltr. from Arthur HUGHES (1991).
Retired school cafeteria manager Raytown. School District at South Middle
School. Southern Baptist.